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Israel's Smotrich Sets Out Plan to 'Judaise' Arab Population Centres

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Israel's Smotrich sets out plan to 'Judaise' Arab population centres Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Thursday laid out his party's plan to dramatically increase the number of Jews living in two areas of the country with large Arab-Israeli populations, ahead of Israeli elections in October. "Today I present to you the Religious Zionism's plan for the Judaisation of the Negev and Galilee: the revolution we carried out in Judea and Sa…

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The plan aims to settle "an additional million Jews" in the Negev and Galilee (Israel's southern and northern regions), building 40 new settlements, dozens of farms, industrial zones, and employment-producing factories there, Smotrich calculated. Approximately 20 percent of Israel's population is Arab, most of whom identify as Palestinian. According to research, Arab citizens of Israel overwhelmingly believe they are discriminated against compar…

Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich proposes to populate the Negev and Galilee with one million Jews. Read the plan.

Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has published part of the election program of his Religious Zionism party, which, according to AFP, aims to "Judaize two Israeli areas with a large Arab population."

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has announced a plan that could dramatically change the demographics of the country's north and south. He plans to settle a million Jews there and build dozens of new settlements and industrial zones. The controversial initiative, dubbed the "Judaization" of these areas, is generating strong emotions among the Arab minority and internationally. All this comes just weeks before parliamentary elections tha…

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Haaretz broke the news in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel on Thursday, August 27, 2026.
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